Metro Sports Report

Loras men avoid Wirth Fever

Sat - 22 Feb Written by Kelci de Haas

A picture may be worth one thousand words, but only two words are needed to describe the Iowa Conference season finale game Saturday night at Eby Fieldhouse between Coe and Loras: Wirth Fever.

Loras (15-10, 8-6) may have won the game, beating Coe (11-14, 3-11) 82-75, but the theme of this game started even before the men stepped foot on the court.

As the last home game, Coe honored Andrew Wirth, the only senior player on the team. He stood in the middle of the court with his family as Coach Bryan Martin presented him with a black shirt that read Wirth Fever.

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Saints fight past RoughRiders, 5-2

Sat - 22 Feb Written by Clete Campbell

DUBUQUE – The champs were mad, aggressive, playing desperate and with intense purpose, and in no mood to lose this episode of USHL Fight Night.

The league knows no fury like the Dubuque Fighting Saints scorned.

The Saints' fiery resolve and gangbusters first period meant the end of Cedar Rapids RoughRiders' five-game winning streak Saturday night.

Dubuque chased goalie Chris Birdsall from the net with three early goals and the reigning USHL champions roughed up and cooled off the hot RoughRiders 5-2 before a sellout crowd of 3,406 at the Mystique Community Ice Center.

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Kennedy girls on to regional final, 46-31

Sat - 22 Feb Written by Metro Sports Report

Kennedy's trio of Paige Hendrickson, Steph Botkin and Morgan Martin combined for 33 points and outscored the Prairie team and the Cougars dispatched the Hawks, 46-31, Saturday in a Class 5A regional semifinal girls basketball game at Kennedy.

Kennedy (15-7) advances to the regional final Tuesday against No.10 Muscatine (19-3) at Iowa City West.

Hendrickson scored 12 points, Botkin 11 and Morgan 10 for the Cougars.

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Linn-Mar's Andrew Holladay lets a smile sneak across his face in the closing seconds of his semifinal round victory over Jordan Trowers of Davenport North Friday night in Des Moines. Holladay is one of four Metro wresters that will compete for a state championship Saturday night. (Photo by Ken Gilchrist)

4 Metro wrestlers eye state titles

Fri - 21 Feb Written by Jim Ecker

DES MOINES - The Linn-Mar Lions and Prairie Hawks have staged a friendly battle for bragging rights in Metro wrestling for a number of years, usually taking turns at the top.

They'll settle this year's tussle at the Class 3A state tournament in Des Moines Saturday night.

Both Linn-Mar and Prairie will have two experienced grapplers in the championship round - although not against each other - and the results of those four matches could determine who finishes higher in the team standings.

The Lions enter the final day of the state tournament in fourth place with 73.5 points. The Hawks enter the final day in fifth place with 67 points, within striking distance.

Alijah Jeffery (120) and Andrew Holladay (195) will be going for the gold for Linn-Mar. Trey Blaha (152) and Skyler St. John (160) are in the finals for Prairie.

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